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Romania Inflation

Romania Inflation

Inflation in Romania

Consumer price inflation in Romania averaged 3.4% in the ten years to 2022, which was below the Eastern Europe regional average of 7.7%. The 2022 average figure was 13.7%. For more inflation information, visit our dedicated page.

Romania Inflation Chart

Note: This chart displays Inflation Rate (CPI, annual variation in %) for Romania from 2014 to 2023.
Source: National Institute of Statistics Romania.

Romania Inflation Data

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Inflation (CPI, ann. var. %, aop) 4.6 3.8 2.6 5.0 13.7
Inflation (CPI, ann. var. %, eop) 3.3 4.0 2.1 8.2 16.4
Inflation (HICP, ann. var. %, aop) 4.1 3.9 2.3 4.1 12.0
Inflation (Core, ann. var. %, eop) 2.7 4.1 3.8 4.8 13.8
Inflation (PPI, ann. var. %, aop) 5.0 3.9 0.0 14.9 43.6

Inflation drops in March

Inflation came in at 6.6% in March, down from February’s 7.2%. The cooling of price pressures was primarily due to a slower increase in prices for food. In addition, the trend pointed down, with annual average inflation coming in at 8.5% in March (February: 9.2%). Lastly, consumer prices rose a seasonally adjusted 0.42% in March over the previous month, coming in below February's 0.81% increase.

Commenting on the reading, ING’s Stefan Posea and Valentin Tataru stated: “We continue to see inflation trending down towards our 4.8% year-end call, which we maintain. Upside risks come from rising consumer demand and still-sharp wage growth, which we think will continue, as well as from the latest oil price and fiscal developments.”

Consensus Forecasts and Projections for the next ten years

How should you choose a forecaster if some are too optimistic while others are too pessimistic? FocusEconomics collects Romanian inflation projections for the next ten years from a panel of 31 analysts at the leading national, regional and global forecast institutions. These projections are then validated by our in-house team of economists and data analysts and averaged to provide one Consensus Forecast you can rely on for each indicator. By averaging all forecasts, upside and downside forecasting errors tend to cancel each other out, leading to the most reliable inflation forecast available for Romanian inflation.

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